Reinhart explained the jams need to be taken care of because there is a great possibility for mass erosion when fallen, or dead trees are left unattended.

“Any severely leaning trees, they are to be cut and the stump left in place,” he said. “If you wait and let that tree drop in the root system and everything will tear away the bank and create an erosion problem, so if we can get them now, we’ll leave that stump system in place so that it will work as an erosion control measure.”

For the full story, see the Wednesday, Aug. 27 edition of the Wapakoneta Daily News.